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@MentyB the offer came to me via email (in Junk email as it happened). I don't know who they emailed exactly. I had the same for Valentine's (I didn't buy the bigger edit or the normal one but difference in price was similar). Possibly because I've been buying too many boxes from them!!!

@Branster I too have bought too many boxes 🤣 but haven't been offered a more expensive one. I'm having terrible FOMO but it's probably better for my bank account as I just can't help myself

😁 definitely better for bank balances not to know. I might have missed some in the past because these emails were in the Junk folder! It may well be a random thing they do.

For those with John Lewis rewards their is early access to their Mothers Day box, if you have the £10 reward for skincare it will offset against the price.

The John Lewis contents are listed below- I really like this and the mix of items- not that I actually need anything else.

• Sol de Janeiro Beija Flor™ Elasti-Cream, 25ml
• Parfums de Marly Valaya Eau de Parfum, 5ml
• Nudestix Gel Colour Lip & Cheek Pencil, Ally, Full Size, 2.8g
• Yves Saint Laurent Libre Eau de Parfum, 7ml Libre,
• Lancôme Génifique Ultimate Serum, 7ml
• Elizabeth Arden Advanced Ceramide Capsules Daily Youth Restoring Serum, Deluxe Mini, x 7 Capsules
• L'OCCITANE Almond Shower Oil, 75ml
• Dermalogica Phyto Nature Lifting Eye Cream, Full Size, 15ml (worth £115.00)
• Pai Light Work Cleansing Oil, Full Size, 100ml
• Grown Alchemist Restorative Hand Cream, Full Size, 65ml
• Sunday Riley C.E.O. Vitamin C Rich Hydration Cream, Full Size, 15g
• Living Proof Perfect Hair Day Advanced Clean Dry Shampoo, Full Size, 90ml,/strong>
• This Works Perfect Cleavage & Neck Serum, 20ml
• OPI Nail Envy Nail Strengthener Double Nude-y, Full Size, 15ml
• Olaplex No.7 Bonding Oil, 7.5ml

John Lewis continue to offer me £5 off lingerie every month. Every single month. It's dull and uninspired and it's because a few months ago I did a basic knickers refresh with them and spent £50.

Thanks @MrsBnow12 for the heads up. That’s one of the better Mothers Day sets from my perspective, with quite a bit I like and will use. Sadly no money off vouchers for me either - I wish I knew how they decided who gets what.

I've had £10 off skincare this month and last month, and I had it a few months ago too. I wish I knew the reasoning behind it too! I really don't spend much on skincare in JL other than the annual advent calendar.
It certainly makes this box very tempting! Plus I won't use the Olaplex and that seems to be selling on Vinted for c£10.

I never get beauty rewards from JL but I don't think I've ever bought beauty from there.

However I've spent plenty at Harvey Nicks and they never give me one either.

I only signed up to buy the last advent calendar, and since then have been offered the £10 off skincare twice, the last one was last month which coincided with the perfume edit I bought.

I get the £5 off nickers each time too and I would really use the £10 off beauty. 😢

I have bought the advent calendar in the past too! And yet they spurn me.

Here is a picture of my Bridal Beauty box, the value does come up to £700 and I paid £130 for it.
I am happy with it but will stay away for mystery boxes for a while now, it was also a lot of money to take a chance on…am sure some bits will land up on Vinted/ebay once I have researched the
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I usually always forget to scan my JL card but the one time I bought a beauty box from there I scanned it and since then I get a £10 off beauty almost monthly! The Mother's Day box does look really good though.

Just on jurlique l. I’ve used them on /off for 5 years or so. I think they are Australian, and reasonably well established. They are a bit like Neals Yard / Dr Haushka and similar price point.I like rose, which they use, and “natural” branding and rate a couple of their products. I was pleased with the BBC inclusion, but those brands aren’t everyone’s thing.

@MrsBnow12 thank you for sharing. That is actually a very good box and I'm glad you got the Rodriguez perfume you like. It looks like @OvaHere is right, the more expensive boxes are much more interesting.

@Branster I agree and think @OvaHere is right, if I think back the ones I have been most impressed with are the more expensive ones.
I have signed up for their online beauty festival on the 16th and will get a goodie bag but after that I plan on staying away from them for a while.

https://beauty-detective.com/olive-young-beauty-box-march-2025/

Olive Young has released the Olive Young Beauty Box March 2025 (worth $221.60). Priced at $59.90/£47.33 + 5% off with code OLIVEBD5.
What’s inside:

• [OY Exclusive] SUNGBOON EDITOR Alaska PDRN Ultra Moisturizing Barrier Cream (50ml worth $28.08 full size)
• I’m from Rice Toner (150ml worth $37.00 full size)
• SOME BY MI Beta Panthenol Repair Body Cream (200ml worth $14.35 full size)
• ETUDE Dear Darling Oil Tint (4.2g worth $12.00 full size)
• Anua Heartleaf Quercetinol Pore Deep Cleansing Foam (150ml worth $13.00 full size)
• SKINFOOD Potato Madecassoside Soothing Pad (x60 worth $30.00 full size)
• UNOVE Water Essence Mist (200ml+30ml worth $27.00 full size)
• BANILA CO Covericious Ultimate White Cushion (14g +Makeup Fixer worth $33.00 full size)
• espoir Be Glow Foundation 10 color Shachet (worth $12.00 deluxe size)

Is the John Lewis box sold out already ?

Looks like it. Keeping checking though as sometimes they come back into stock.

Annoyingly I had £10 off skincare at JL last month but didn’t use it as I couldn’t get to store and would have lost half of the discount to postage costs. Now I’m interested in the Mother’s Day box, all I’ve got is £5 off a £70 spend!

I'm really kicking myself on the JL box! By the time I decided I wanted it, it had gone! I've got alerts set up in case it comes back in stock.

Kate Somerville (direct) are offering a K8 power peptide cream (worth £135) for a £100 spend. The cream was in Caroline Hirons Kitmas kit and is meant to be amazing.
KS also do a 15% off welcome that worked on my basket, I have 4 Goat milk cleansers and a cream coming for a £100 spend.

Thanks @MrsBnow12 but also oh dear... I now have some KS stuff coming too. 😳

I bought a large goats milk cleanser and a serum.

I managed to get a john lewis box at 10 to 5 this morning when I was up with the baby